EP2173203A2

EP2173203A2 - Smokeless cigarette

Info

Publication number: EP2173203A2
Application number: EP08756828A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Heribert Schwarz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-07-04
Filing date: 2008-06-16
Publication date: 2010-04-14
Also published as: WO2009003204A3; WO2009003204A2

Abstract

The invention relates to a smokeless cigarette for the release of pure nicotine together with oxygen, consisting of a tube (37) filled with protective gas (g), which is formed having a support body (f) on which a nicotine solution is adsorbed, and which is sealed gas-tightly with sealing elements (h) which are constructed in a spherical shape, and is constructed having a mouthpiece (38).

Description

Smokeless cigarette

The invention relates to a smokeless cigarette for the delivery of pure nicotine consisting of a tube, a carrier body and sealing elements and a device for inserting the carrier body in the tube and devices for attaching the nicotine solution on a support body and devices and methods for gas-tight sealing of the tube (smokeless cigarette) and the cigarette box.

Numerous patent specifications have made various proposals that allow nicotine to be used without tobacco smoke. Thus, proposals have been made to add nicotine in solvents to predominantly porous carriers disposed in a smokeless cigarette and / or to mix nicotine in liquid or solid form in aerosol and to store it in depots placed in a smokeless cigarette. The nicotine is inhaled by sucking on a smokeless cigarette through the airflow through the mouth and airway.

Patents have described various inhalation devices for the intake of pure nicotine, but these patents do not have a sufficiently good gastight packaging for storage of at least several months of the smokeless cigarette. An exception is only the patent US 6,098,632, with a gas-impermeable container is described, in which a nicotine carrier body is arranged, which is gas-tight at both ends closed with a film.

It was with the US Pat. 6.234.169 described an inhaler, which is formed with a funnel, which connects to a chamber in which a reservoir is formed, are stored in the drug substances. Furthermore, the funnel is provided with a side hole through which air additionally draws into the chamber in which the reservoir is located.

US Pat. No. 4,284,089 shows a smokeless cigarette formed with two funnels. The surface of the funnels is formed of an impermeable material. Behind these funnels, a porous carrier body is arranged, in which a nicotine solution is deposited. The funnels are used to compress the air, which thus penetrates into the channel, unfolds and from there absorbs the nicotine solution from the porous support body, which adjoins the channel.

With WO 2006/002445 A2 various sealing possibilities were described, with which a tube in which a carrier body is arranged, is sealed airtight. All of these proposals for sealing a tube have the disadvantage that they are not well suited for mass production with very large numbers, which would ensure the economy of production of smokeless cigarettes.

In WO 2006/002445 A2 support bodies made of solid material have been described which have parallel and / or helical and / or stepped channels. However, it has been found in practice that these carriers do not allow sufficient airflow with which the smoker can inhale a voluminous mixture of air and oxygen nicotine in order to obtain a perfectly imitated smoking experience.

It has been described in the prior art that the nicotine solution is attached to the carrier by dipping, soaking and / or spraying. It has been found that the most economical and also the most accurate ^, metered form of attachment of the nicotine solution can be carried out with a dispenser and / or with a pouring device.

Also, WO 2006/002445 A2 has described a forceps-shaped device with a plunger with which the carrier body, which has no oblique edges, is pushed into the tube. In experiments, it has been found that the insertion surface of the plunger must be adapted to the bevelled and / or conical shape of the carrier body.

Furthermore, WO 2006/002445 A2 described the smokeless cigarettes packed in a pack of cigarettes to be gassed with protective gas and encased with an airtight foil. However, a detailed description of how the film must be designed to achieve a corresponding gas-tight packaging of a cigarette box, not specified.

Patent specification AT 501 920 Bl has described that a cardboard tube with a sealing element, which is made of a paper foil coated with aluminum and / or plastic and formed with a tab, is adhesively bonded to the ends of the cardboard tube.

US Pat. No. 6,098,632 describes a tubular nicotine container which is formed from a non-crystalline copolymer and in which a porous roller-shaped support body is arranged. At the two open ends, which have a straight or a flat surface, the tubular nicotine container is sealed with a foil, which prevents is that the nicotine can escape. To open the nicotine container, it must be inserted into a pipe-shaped device and with another device, the film must be pierced so that the nicotine can escape during aspiration.

The invention has set itself the goal of eliminating the disadvantages mentioned above. It is to be developed a tube and a carrier body, with which a rational sealing of the tube is made possible. It is also an object of the invention to provide a device and a method for attaching a nicotine solution to a carrier body, and a device and a method for inserting the carrier body and the sealing elements into a tube, and a method for gas-tight packaging of a smokeless cigarette and a cigarette box.

According to the invention this is achieved in that the smokeless cigarette from two tube or. Sleeve parts is formed, this has the advantage that each tube - mouthpiece and cigarette tube - is formed on each side with a sealing wall. The sealing walls are arranged in front of the air inlet opening and the suction hole, which is formed in the funnel-shaped carrier body. This air-tight sealing of the tubes has the advantage that no further sealing process of the tubes in the production must take place for this purpose.

Another advantage of the invention is that the funnel-shaped support body is manufactured in one piece with the mouthpiece.

A further embodiment of the invention is that on the inside of the mouthpiece a .Wulst is arranged and the mouthpiece on the tapered cigarette tube, which is equipped with- a groove is pushed and the bead penetrates into the groove and mouthpiece and cigarette tube are sealed and form a piece.

Another advantage of the invention is that the sealing walls are mainly equipped with a predetermined breaking point, which are pierced if necessary with a peck and thereby the Lufteintrittsöffmmg and the suction port to be opened. As a result, the nicotine solution attached to the carrier body can be inhaled when it is sucked in at the intake opening.

A further advantageous embodiment of the invention is that the mouthpiece and the tapered cigarette tube are chamfered, whereby tilting during automatic pushing together is avoided. An alternative embodiment of the invention is that the air inlet hole and the suction hole are sealed with a peelable sealing strip. The sealing strip is tightly arranged at the air inlet hole and the suction hole and surmounted by a few millimeters. At the outer edge of the sealing strip mainly a predetermined breaking point is formed. Another possibility according to the invention consists in the fact that the sealing strip is fastened with adhesive and / or by heat to the underlying sealing wall. If necessary, the sealing strip is tightened against a loop formed on the sealing strip and the sealing strip is removed from the sealing wall.

A further embodiment of the invention is that a tube which is formed predominantly of plastic, at the suction port with a sealing wall, in which a small suction hole is formed, is provided above the suction hole and the sealing wall and the air inlet hole, a sealing element Plastic and / or aluminum foil, which are formed as a composite material - layer composite material and having at least one barrier layer of ten microns arranged. Due to the small suction hole in the sealing wall, the air in the interior of the tube is stopped and the nicotine attached to the inner wall is absorbed by the oxygen and that oxygen-nicotine mixture can be inhaled by the user. The inner wall of the tube is designed to achieve a larger surface mainly with ridges and slots or grooved.

An embodiment of the invention is that the carrier body is spherical, which has the advantage when inserting the carrier body into the tube that the spherical carrier body need not be separated. The spherical carrier body is formed predominantly with groove-shaped longitudinal slots.

Another alternative _. Embodiment of the invention is that a support body is formed with a tube in one piece. In this case, the carrier body is formed with ribs and intermediate spaces, which are arranged predominantly perpendicularly in the tube. In the vertical arrangement of the ribs and gaps, a horizontal slit is formed in the middle of the tube, and in a star-shaped arrangement of the ribs and gaps, a round channel is formed in the center of the tube. Through the horizontal slit and / or through the round channel the air sucked in with pure nicotine. Another alternative embodiment of the invention is that a carrier body is formed from a non-absorbent and / or from an absorbent granules. To the. Inserting into the tube are ^'dle ^~ säfeibenförm- strength elements having wedge-shaped protrusions provided. The disc-shaped elements are at the air inlet port and the suction port gϊtter ^'föfmig carried out and keep the granules determined.

A further advantageous embodiment is that a carrier body is formed, which has in the middle of a few millimeters long cylindrical shape, which is exactly adapted to the inner diameter of the tube, with which the carrier body is pressed against the tube inner wall. Starting from the cylindrical shape, four trough-shaped or trough-shaped depressions are predominantly formed, which are delimited by webs and run together in a cone-shaped manner to the ends of the carrier body. For gas-tight sealing of the tube spherical sealing elements are used. This spherical configuration of the sealing element allows it to be inserted into the tube without jamming or jamming with an automatic device.

Alternatively, according to the invention a support body, which is formed mainly funnel-shaped, formed in one piece with a tube. The tube with the carrier body is mainly made of plastic and manufactured in an injection molding process with an injection molding machine.

According to the invention, a plate is formed with trough-shaped or semicircular grooves having the outer diameter of the tubes. In these trough-shaped grooves, the tubes are inserted with an automatic device (not shown). Following the carrier body in a line are the plungers, which are exactly adapted to the shape (e.g., cone-shaped) of the carrier body. The plungers are pneumatically and / or hydraulically or electrically moved back and forth and push the carrier body in the tubes. The tubes abut against a stop and are thereby retained during the insertion of the carrier body.

The spraying devices are according to the invention. ^'Arranged the trough-shaped trays vertically, said dispenser with the dispensing tip and / or nozzle is located just above the carrier body. With the dispensing needle and / or nozzle, a precisely determined amount of nicotine solution and / or another solution (eg, menthol) is sprayed onto the carrier body and / or deposited in the form of drops or in a film.

Another embodiment of the invention is that the spraying device are arranged horizontally to the tubes. The bispen'ser with the Dispensing needle and / or nozzle is inserted into the interior of the tube and the nicotine solution is deposited on the funnel-shaped carrier body and / or on the inner wall of the tube.

A further device according to the invention is that the carrier bodies are arranged on a lattice-shaped conveyor belt, which separates the carrier body and transported continuously to the bulk material with which a nicotine solution film is formed which strikes the carrier body and thereby deposits the nicotine solution. The debris is formed with a nicotine solution container in which the nicotine solution is stored. The pouring mechanism with which the nicotine solution film is formed is arranged at the outlet of the bulk material. By adjusting the adjustment mechanism, a nicotine solution film is formed. The dosing plate is placed on the bulk plate, over which the nicotine solution flows. By moving the metering plate, a thick or a thin nicotine solution film is formed as needed.

According to the invention, the sealing elements, which are of spherical design, are inserted with plungers, wherein the insertion surface is semicircular and is adapted to the sealing element.

According to the invention, the perfume predominantly tobacco odor with a spray device, which is equipped with a dispenser and a spray and / or drip nozzle, attached to the smokeless cigarette.

Another sealing element for a gas-tight sealing of a smokeless cigarette results from a foil seal. In order to achieve a gas-tight seal, the sealing surface should have about two millimeters, for this purpose, the smokeless cigarette in the sleeve area has a wall thickness of about two millimeters, but this causes a high material requirement. Since the smokeless cigarette is a mass product, material must be saved. In order to save material, the smokeless cigarette is then grooved according to the invention from the mouthpiece to about three millimeters before the Luftexntrittsöffnung in the sleeve area. In the area of three millimeters (at the air inlet), the smokeless cigarette has a wall thickness of about two millimeters to achieve the required sealing width of about two millimeters. In addition, the end of the sleeve is rounded in the three millimeter range and / or arched outwards, which further increases the sealing surface. Due to the inventive arrangement of the funnel-shaped carrier body in Mouthpiece directly at the suction opening, this surface has a sufficiently large sealing surface.

Another advantage is the smooth design of the mouthpiece, whereby one recognizes the suction port and the air inlet opening through the grooved design ^" in the sleeve area.

According to the invention, the film, which is embodied as a composite material-layer composite material, is slipped over the mouthpiece and the sleeve area by an overlap a few millimeters, thereby ensuring that the film is well grasped and can easily be pulled off to open the smokeless cigarette.

According to the invention, a device is formed for sealing, where above the smokeless cigarette a roll is arranged, on which a film is located. The upper roller is opposite to a roll arranged, which unwinds the film synchronously with the upper roller and pulls in front of the suction port and air inlet opening and the sealing head.

The sealing head is constructed on a rail which is constructed with a servomotor and / or a cam-controlled device and / or a piston which is moved back and forth hydraulically, electrically or by compressed air. As it moves forward, the sealing head pushes on the foil and presses it against the sealing surfaces of the smokeless cigarette and seals it gas-tight. On the bolt on which the sealing head is arranged, a rail is constructed, on which a cutting tool, which surrounds the sealing head in a circular manner, is arranged. ^•

According to the invention, the nicotine solution should advantageously be deposited on the carrier body and / or in the interior of the tube over a large area.

According to the procedural invention for the production of a smokeless cigarette, the production machines (not shown) are gas-tight sheathed and the. Air or the atmospheric oxygen sucked out with a vacuum pump and made a matter-free space. After the inside of the jacketed manufacturing machines is free matter, the interior of the jacketed Fer ^¬ actuating machine with a protective gas (inert gas) ^"is gassed.

The formation of a smokeless cigarette or the individual manufacturing steps (attaching the nicotine solution to the carrier body, inserting the carrier body and the sealing elements in the tube, spraying the fragrance and the packaging of the individual smokeless cigarettes in the cigarette box as well as the packaging with a gas-tight film) are carried out under exclusion of oxygen in a protective gas atmosphere predominantly with nitrogen.

According to the invention, the interior of a smokeless cigarette where the carrier body is filled with protective gas to prevent oxygen from penetrating to the deposited on the carrier nicotine solution. In order to prevent the entry of oxygen into the interior of the cigarette box, the cigarette box and the space between the cigarette box and gas-tight film is gassed with protective gas. This process takes place during the manufacture and packaging of a smokeless cigarette in the production machines (not shown), which are permanently under a protective gas atmosphere and constantly gassed with protective gas.

According to the invention, the cigarette box in which the smokeless cigarettes are stored is gas-tightly encased (packaged) with a plastic and / or aluminum foil with a tubular bag machine or foil-wrapping machine (packaged) and the film ends (fins) formed and sealed at the ends of the cigarette box created. Furthermore, a notch and / or a tear thread is arranged in the plastic and / or aluminum foil to open the Ummaπtelung or packaging.

According to the invention, for the packaging of the cigarette pack, a plastic and / or aluminum foil which is produced as a composite-layer composite material which has at least one barrier layer of fifteen micrometers.

The invention will be described in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

Fig.l shows a longitudinal section of a mouthpiece, which is equipped on the suction side with a support body and a sealing wall.

2 shows a longitudinal section of a cigarette tube with a sealing wall

3 shows a front view of a mouthpiece with a sealing wall.

4 shows in front view _^ a cigarette tube with a. Sealing wall.

5 shows a front view of an alternative sealing wall for a mouth ^¬ piece Fig.l and a cigarette tube Fig.2

6 shows a longitudinal section of a cigarette tube (to Fig.5)

Fig.7 shows a pike

8 shows a longitudinal section of a tube on the inner wall webs and slots are formed and at the ends of sealing elements are arranged.

FIG. 9 shows a section AA of FIG. Fig.10 shows a spherical carrier body.

11 shows a longitudinal section of a carrier body in a tube.

Fig.12 shows a section A-A of Fig.11.

13 shows in longitudinal section a carrier body in a tube which is formed from disc-shaped elements and with granules.

Fig. 14 shows in longitudinal section a smokeless cigarette.

Fig.15 shows a side view of a carrier body.

Fig. 16 shows a section A - A of. Fig. 15.

Fig. 17 shows a sealing element.

Fig.18 shows in longitudinal section a carrier body in one piece with the tube.

19 shows a front view of a plate with semicircular grooves in which the tubes, the carrier body and the sealing elements lie and a spraying device for applying the nicotine solution.

FIG. 20 shows a side view of FIG. 19.

Fig.21 shows a side view of a spraying device arranged horizontally, wherein the dispensing needle is inserted into the tube.

Fig. 22 shows in side view a debris device with which a nicotine film is formed.

Fig. 23 shows in side view the insertion of the spherical sealing elements.

Figure 24. shows in side view of a smokeless cigarette with the mouthpiece smooth and the sleeve portion is grooved.

FIG. 25 shows a longitudinal section of a smokeless cigarette with a foil-shaped sealing element which is attached to the sealing surfaces.

Fig. 26 shows an apparatus for sealing a smokeless cigarette with a film.

FIG. 27 shows a side view of a cigarette packet encased in a foil, the foil fins being applied.

Figs. 1 to 4 show a formation of a smokeless cigarettes, which consists of a mouthpiece 1 and a cigarette tube 2, to form a smokeless cigarette a mouthpiece 1 and cigarette tube 2 is pushed together.

Fig.l shows the mouthpiece 1, which is formed on the suction port 3 with a support body 4 in one piece. The carrier body 4 is equipped with a suction hole 5 and executed in a truncated shape. Before the carrier body 4 and the suction hole 5, a sealing wall 6 is formed for sealing. Furthermore, the mouthpiece 1 is provided with a bead 7 and at the end 8 with a bevel. Fig. 2 shows a cigarette tube 2, which is equipped with a tapered cigarette tube 9, in which a groove is formed. The end 8 of the tapered cigarette tube 9 is chamfered whereby tilting when pushing together mouthpiece 1 and cigarette tube 2 is avoided. For airtight sealing of mouthpiece 1 and cigarette tube 2, the bead 7 is inserted into the groove 10. The cigarette tube 2, is provided at the air outlet opening 11, for airtight sealing with a sealing wall 12. In front of the sealing wall 12 reinforcing webs 13 are arranged. The sealing wall 12 is formed with a predetermined breaking point 14.

With the tip 16 of the pusher 15 (Figure 7) is stung into the sealing wall 12, which thereby jumps up and the air inlet opening 11 is formed. The sealing wall 6 is also pierced with the tip 16 of the pusher 15 (Fig. 7) and there is an opening in front of the suction hole 5. By opening the sealing wall 12 and 6 creates a through opening of the tube or smokeless cigarette a and the smokeless Cigarette a is available for use.

5 and 6 show a further airtight sealing possibility of the mouthpiece 1 and the cigarette tube. 2

Fig. 5 shows a front view of the cigarette tube 2 with the sealing wall 18 and the peelable sealing strip 20 with predetermined breaking point 14 and the loop '21.

Before the air inlet opening 11, the cigarette tube 2 is sealed up to approximately one third with a sealing wall 18, over the open location or via the air inlet hole 17, a sealing strip 20 is arranged, which mainly with a predetermined breaking point 14 is equipped. If it is tightened on the loop 21, the predetermined breaking point 14 breaks and the sealing strip 20 is pulled off and the air inlet hole 17 is formed. This embodiment as described in FIGS. 5 and 6 is performed in the cigarette tube 2 ^" ~ and also ^" at the mouthpiece 1.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show further embodiments of a smokeless cigarette a. Fig. 8 shows in longitudinal section a tube 30 which is formed on the tube inner wall 22 with webs 23 and slots 24. At the intake opening 3, the tube 30 is equipped with a sealing wall 25, in which a suction hole 26 is formed with about two millimeters in diameter. The sealing wall 25 and the suction hole 26 and the air inlet hole 27 are sealed with a sealing member 28. Fig. 9 shows a section AA.

FIG. 10 shows a spherical carrier body b, which is formed with predominantly channel-shaped slots 29.

Fig. 11 shows a longitudinal section of a tube 30, which is made with a carrier body c in one piece. The ribs 31 of the carrier body c are mainly arranged vertically and interrupted, thereby forming a horizontal suction slot 32nd

Fig. 12 shows a section A-A of Fig. 11 and shows the open spaces 33 between the ribs 31st

Fig. 13 shows in longitudinal section a further embodiment of a carrier body i. Wherein disc-shaped elements e are incorporated in a tube 30. The disc-shaped elements e are formed on the inside with a wedge-shaped projection 34. On the outside, the disc-shaped elements e are formed with a grid 35. Between the disc-shaped elements e, a granulate 36 is arranged, to which a nicotine solution is attached. Is sucked on the intake port 3, the air enters via the air inlet opening 11 and pulls over the granules 36 and the oxygen dissolves the deposited nicotine and it can thus be inhaled.

Fig. 14 shows a smokeless cigarette a, which is equipped with a tube 37, a carrier body f to which a nicotine solution is attached. The tube 37 is formed with a cork-shaped mouthpiece 38 and sealed with sealing elements h, which are spherical in shape, in order to prevent nicotine or the inert gas g from escaping.

Fig. 15 shows a carrier body f, which has in the center of a roller-shaped mold 39 which is provided with trough-shaped recesses 40 which converge conically to the ends 42. The troughs or trough-shaped recesses 40 are limited with webs 41, daurch the sucked air is stopped and pressed, and the oxygen contained in the air combines with the ^■ deposited on the carrier body nicotine.

Fig. 16 shows the section A-A of the carrier body f, wherein with the webs 41, the roller-shaped mold 39 and the troughs or trough-shaped depressions 40 are formed.

Fig. 17 shows the spherical sealing element h, which is formed predominantly of plastic.

Fig. 18 shows a smokeless cigarette a, wherein the carrier body 43 is formed with the tube 44 in one piece and mainly with plastic a plastic injection molding machine is produced. At the cork-shaped mouthpiece 38 is sucked in and the air with oxygen passes compressed over the funnel-shaped carrier body and thereby absorbs the nicotine, which is inhaled in a row by the user.

FIG. 19 shows a front view of a plate 45 in which trough-shaped or semicircular grooves 46 are formed. Between the trough-shaped grooves 46 webs 47 are formed. In the grooves 46, the support body f are arranged, over which the spray device i is arranged. At the spray head 48, the inflow openings 49 are formed for the nicotine solution. The nicotine solution reaches the dipensers 50 via the inflow openings 49, where the nicotine solution is metered and fed to the dispensing needles and / or nozzles 51. About the dispensing needles and / or nozzles 51, the nicotine solution is applied or deposited exactly on the carrier body f.

Fig. 20 shows a side view of the arrangement of the spray device i and the representation of the Einschiebevorganges the support body f in the tubes 37. In the trough-shaped or semicircular grooves 46, the "tubes" 37 are arranged and abut the stop plate 52 and are held. The tubes 37 opposite the plunger 53 are arranged. The plungers 53 are formed with an insertion surface 54, which has exactly the shape of the carrier body f. The plungers 53 are pneumatically or hydraulically driven and push the carrier body f in the tubes 37 a.

Fig. 21 shows a horizontal arrangement of the spray device i to the tube 44, which is arranged in the trough-shaped channel 46. This horizontal arrangement of the spray device i is used for the funnel-shaped carrier body 43 which is arranged in the tube 44. In this case, the dispensing needle or nozzle 51 is inserted into the interior of the tube 44 and sprays the nicotine solution onto the carrier body 43 or into the interior of the tube 44.

FIG. 22 shows a bulk material j with which a nicotine film is attached to the carrier body f. The bulk material j is equipped with a lattice-shaped conveyor belt 55 on which the carrier bodies f are occasionally arranged. The debris j is disposed above the conveyor belt 55 and the support body f. It is equipped with a solvent container 56 in which the nicotine solution is contained. At the wedge-shaped outlet of the solvent container 56, a bulk plate 57, which is formed with grooves and a polished surface arranged. With Verstellmechaπismus 58 is the Dosing plate 59 made to the bulk plate 57 and the Nicotinfilαi formed, which falls on the carrier body f and attaches the nicotine solution,

Fig. 23 shows the insertion of the spherical sealing elements h in the tubes 37. In the trough-shaped grooves 46, the tubes 37 are arranged and parallel to the tubes 37, the sealing elements h are arranged on both sides in the trough-shaped grooves 46. The plungers 60 are formed with insertion surfaces 61 which are exactly adapted to the spherical sealing elements h. The plungers 60 are pneumatically and / or electrically driven or moved back and forth, thereby pushing the sealing elements h into the tubes 37.

In Fig. 24, a smokeless cigarette a, the mouthpiece 62 is smooth and its sleeve portion 63 _> executed mainly grooved longitudinally is shown. In order that the mouthpiece 62 can be made smooth and the sleeve region 63 grooved, the smooth mouthpiece 62 and the grooved sleeve region 63 must be formed in a plastic injection molding tool (not shown).

Fig. 25 shows a longitudinal section of a smokeless cigarette a. The end 64 is rounded and / or arched outwards to obtain a larger sealing surface 65 (approximately two millimeters) for sealing the film 69 in the sleeve region 63. The rounding or outward buckling of the end 64 in the sleeve portion 63 is required because due to material saving the mouthpiece 62 and the sleeve portion 63 of the smokeless cigarette a, thinner than the sealing surface is made. At the air inlet opening 11, the film 69 is sealed to the sealing surface 65 and slipped over with an overlap 70.

At the suction opening 3 of the funnel-shaped support body 66 is formed, whose vertical outer surface 68 is used as a sealing surface. Since a small suction hole 67 is formed in the vertical outer surface 68 of the carrier body 66, a large sealing surface automatically results on the vertical outer surface 68. It is therefore not necessary to enlarge the sealing surface at the suction opening 3 in the mouthpiece 62 (round off and / or to arch outwards).

Fig. 26 shows a device for sealing the smokeless cigarette a with a film 69. On the conveyor belt 71, which is provided with trough-shaped grooves, the smokeless cigarettes a are arranged. Above the smokeless cigarette a is a roller 72 on which the foil 69 is located. The roller 72 opposite the bottom, a roller 73 is arranged, the film 69th unwinds and pulls in front of the suction port 3 and the air inlet opening 11 and the sealing head 74. The sealing head 74 is constructed with a bolt 75 on a rail 76. With the piston 77, the rail 76 is moved back and forth with the sealing head 74. During the forward movement of the sealing head 74 is pressed onto the film 69 and sealed with the sealing surfaces 65 and 68. Simultaneously, the rail 78, which is arranged on the bolt 75, pushed forward and presses the circular cutting device 79, which is arranged around the sealing head 74, in the film 69 and cuts it off.

Fig. 27 shows a cigarette box 80 in which smokeless cigarettes a are arranged. The cigarette box 80 is filled with inert gas and gassed in the space 82 between the cigarette box 80 and gas-tight film 81 also with inert gas. The fins 83, which are formed by the packaging process with a tubular bag machine (not shown), are attached to the box 80.

The smokeless cigarettes a are preferably made of plastic.

Claims

claims

1. Smokeless cigarette for dispensing nicotine in pure form, consisting of a tube, a carrier body for attaching the nicotine solution and sealing elements for gas-tight sealing of the tube, characterized in that the tube (37) with a carrier body (f), on the a nicotine solution is deposited, is equipped and filled with protective gas g and sealed with gasdichtdichth elements that are sealed gas-tight.

2. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that a mouthpiece (1) is pushed onto a cigarette tube (2) and a smokeless cigarette (a) is formed.

3. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that in the mouthpiece (1) a funnel-shaped carrier body (4) is formed.

4. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that in front of the suction hole (5) which is formed in the carrier body (4), a sealing wall (6) is arranged.

5. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the Zig- garettenhülse (2) at the air inlet opening (11) with a sealing wall (12), which is equipped with a predetermined breaking point (14) is formed.

6. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that on the inside of the mouthpiece (1) has a bead (7) is formed.

7. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that on the tapered cigarette tube (2) which is formed with a groove (10), the mouthpiece (1) is pushed.

8. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the mouthpiece (1) and the tapered cigarette tube (9) at the end (8) is formed with a chamfer.

9. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealing walls (6,12) are opened with a peck (15).

10. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the air inlet hole (17) with a peelable sealing strip (20) is sealed.

11. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 10, characterized in that the sealing strip (20) with adhesive and / or by heat to the underlying sealing wall (18) is attached.

12. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 10, characterized in that the peelable sealing strip (20) is formed predominantly with a So.llbruchstelle (14).

13. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that a tube (30) at the suction opening (3) with a sealing wall (25) is provided, in which a Ansauglόch (26) is formed.

14. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 13, characterized in that the sealing wall (25), with the suction hole (26) and the air inlet hole (27) with a sealing element (28), which consists of a plastic and / or aluminum foil and as a composite material - Layer composite material is formed, is sealed.

15. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 13, characterized in that on the inner wall (22) of the tube (30) webs (23) and slots (24) are formed and the nicotine solution on the inner wall (22) of the tube (30) is attached ,

16. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (b) is designed spherical and is formed predominantly with groove-shaped longitudinal slots (29).

17. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (c) in one piece with the tube (30) is formed and that the carrier body (c) is formed predominantly with vertical ribs (31) and spaces (33).

18. A smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (d) of an absorbent and / or non-absorbent granules (36) is formed and is held with disc-shaped elements (e).

19. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 18, characterized in that the disc-shaped element (e) is designed with a wedge-shaped projection (34).

20. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (f), with trough or groove-shaped recesses (40) is formed and whose ends (42) are designed conical.

21. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the tube (44) with a funnel-shaped support body (43) is formed and that the tube (44) and the funnel-shaped support body (43) formed in one piece simi.

22. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that on the tubes (37,44) with a spray device (i) the perfume is sprayed predominantly tobacco odor.

23. A device for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate (45) with trough-shaped grooves (46) is formed.

24. A method and apparatus for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (f) the tubes (37) in the trough-shaped grooves (46) are arranged opposite, are pushed into the tubes (37).

25. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the plunger (53) are formed with an insertion surface (54) having the shape of the carrier body (f).

26. The device according to claim 25, characterized in that the plunger (53) are driven pneumatically and / or hydraulically or electrically.

27. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spray device (i) with a dispenser (50) and a metering or spray needle and / or nozzle (51) is equipped.

28. The device according to claim 27, characterized in that the dispenser (50) with the dispensing needle and / or nozzle (51) via the carrier body (f) is arranged.

29. The device according to claim 27, characterized in that the spraying device (i) is arranged horizontally to the tube (44) and the dispenser (50) with the dispensing needle and / or nozzle (51) inserted into the interior of the tube (44) and the nicotine solution is deposited on the carrier body (43) and / or on the inner wall of the tube (44).

30. The device and method according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrier body (f) on a grid-shaped conveyor belt (55) are arranged and coated with a bulk material device (j) with a nicotine film.

31. The device according to claim 30, characterized in that the bulk material device (j) is equipped with a nicotine solution container (56) in which the nicotine solution is stored and displaced by adjusting the metering plate (59) with the adjusting mechanism (58) and to the bulk plate (57), thereby forming a nicotine film falling on the substrates (f).

32. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that at the suction port (3), the mouthpiece (62) is made smooth and then at the air inlet opening (11) in the sleeve portion (63) is grooved.

33. Smokeless cigarette according to claim 32, characterized in that the end (64) is rounded and / or outwardly curved.

34. Smoke-free cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the film (69) as composite material - layer composite material is formed and sealed with a sealing head (74) to the sealing surface (65).

35. A smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the film (69) with an overlap (70) is slipped over the sleeve portion (63).

36. A method and apparatus for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the film (69), which is located on a roller (72), unrolled from the roller (73) and in front of the suction port (3) and the Air inlet opening (11) and the sealing head (74) is pulled.

37. A method and apparatus for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 36, characterized in that the sealing head (74) on a bolt (75) is constructed and that the rail (76) by a piston (77) is pushed back and forth and when advancing the sealing head (74), the film (69) is pressed onto the sealing surfaces (65, 68) and the suction opening (3) and the air inlet opening (11) are sealed.

38. A method and apparatus for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 36, characterized in that mainly a circular cutting device (79) is arranged around the sealing head.

39. A method for producing a smokeless cigarette, according to claim 1, characterized in that the manufacturing machines for the production of a smokeless cigarette are gas-tight sheathed and sucked with a vacuum pump, the air or the atmospheric oxygen from the production machines and a material-free space is produced and the formation of a smokeless cigarette takes place under a protective gas atmosphere.

40. A method and apparatus for producing a smokeless cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the cigarette box (80) in which the smokeless cigarettes (a) store, with plastic and / or aluminum foil (81) with a tubular bag or foil packaging machine is packaged gas-tight and the fins (83), which arise during packaging with the tubular bag machine or film wrapping machine, are applied to the box (80).

41. A method and apparatus according to claim 40, characterized in that the plastic and / or aluminum foil jacket (81) with a layer composite material having at least one barrier layer of fifteen microns, is sheathed.

42. The method and apparatus according to claim 40, characterized in that the intermediate space (82) between the cigarette box (80) and Art ^¬ substance and / or aluminum foil envelope (81) with inert gas such as nitrogen is geüllt.

43. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the nicotine solution is deposited on the carrier bodies (f, 43) with the exclusion of oxygen.